The engines Honda will supply to the 250GP-replacing Moto2 class will be based on that of the current CBR600RR. Despite their humble basis, the motors will produce over 150bhp and will be capped to a 16,500rpm redline. Honda has apparently been developing this engine for over two years, we'd guess since it first informed Dorna that it should replace two-strokes with four-stroke inline-fours. >

Dorna will purchase each engine from Honda, then sell them on to theindividual teams. The idea there is that Honda won't know which team isgetting which engine, so can't drop a few bolts in the cylinders orsomething.

The engines will use a wet clutch, strangely won't use a cassettegearbox, come with a spec ECU and airbox and have a service life of atleast 2000km. That last thing means that teams will only need threeengines per bike, per season notwithstanding accidents. Noise levelswill be capped at 115dB.

Dorna is even in talks with Repsol to discuss the Spanish oil companyproviding a spec fuel and there's rumor of a MotoGP-like single tiremaker.

The cutoff for teams to register for the 2010 Moto2 season is thisFriday. In the near future all participating teams will receive CADdrawings of the engines so they can develop their own chassis aroundit. Honestly, every time we hear something new about Moto2 we just getmore depressed.